Odes to Common Things

by Krabbenhoft, Ken; Cook, Ferris; Neruda, Pablo

• ISBN13: 9780821220801
• ISBN10: 0821220802
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Bulfinch

Summary

A bilingual collection of 25 newly translated odes by the century's greatest Spanish-language poet, each accompanied by a pair of exquisite pencil drawings. From bread and soap to a bed and a box of tea, the "odes to common things" collected here conjure up the essence of their subjects clearly and wondrously. 50 b&w illustrations.

Author Biography

The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) is among the best-known, most widely read poets of the 20th century. Neruda won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. More than 35 volumes of his work are presently available in English. Ferris Cook created Remembered Gardens for Bulfinch Press (Spring 1993). She is an illustrator, editor, and writer with two other garden volumes to her credit. Ken Krabbenhoft is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Literature at NYUniversity (and Ferris Cook's husband).

Table of Contents

Ode to things	p. 11
Ode to the table	p. 19
Ode to the chair	p. 23
Ode to the bed	p. 29
Ode to the guitar	p. 33
Ode to a violin in California	p. 39
Ode to the dog	p. 45
Ode to the cat	p. 51
Ode to some yellow flowers	p. 57
Ode to a cluster of violets	p. 59
Ode to the gillyflower	p. 63
Ode to a bar of soap	p. 69
Ode to a pair of socks	p. 75
Ode to the dictionary	p. 81
Ode to a pair of scissors	p. 89
Ode to a box of tea	p. 97
Ode to the spoon	p. 101
Ode to the plate	p. 107
Ode to the orange	p. 111
Ode to the apple	p. 117
Ode to bread	p. 121
Ode to the artichoke	p. 129
Ode to the onion	p. 135
Ode to the tomato	p. 141
Ode to French fries	p. 147
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